Green Line

The Green Line refers to the border that divides Israel and Palestine, referring to the 1967 borders between Israel and the Gaza Strip and West Bank. The Green Line demarcates the territories claimed by Palestine, but the borders have often been disregarded, with Israeli settlements being formed in the West Bank by recently-arrived Jewish immigrants from across the world. The line is significant in that it also divides the capital city of Jerusalem between the Israeli-inhabited West Jerusalem and the Palestinian-inhabited East Jerusalem, and it continues the divisions between the Jews and Arabs in the region.